Shipping-can



M. GRANDAL.

Shipping-Can.

Patented vNlay I8, 1880.

MPEI'ERS, PQTITD-LTHOGHAFHER. WASHINGYDN. D. C4.'

UNITED STATES EDWARD M.' CRANDAL,

PATENT OEEICEe OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHIPPING-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,615, dated May 18, 1880.

l Application filed September 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD M. CRANDAL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Shipping-Cans, of which the following is a specifica-tion.

This invention relates to a means for securing to the can the outer covering or jacket, Which adapts it for transportation.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 a central vertical section, of a can embodying' my invention.

In said drawings, A represents the sheetmetal can proper, made of any proper form and dimensions. Bis an exterior protecting-jacket, of any suitable material, such as Wood-veneer, paper, or sheet metal, in a continuous sheet. This jacket need not be seouredto the can in any way in practicing my invention, as, the top and bottom hoops, D D, which lie exterior to it, serve to hold it in place on the can without other fastening, and this, too, even Where the jacket is formedA of vertical stays; or, if preferred, the jacket may be made of horizontal sections or hoops, which, setting` close to the can, will be held from slipping oft' by the hoops D D at the top and the bottom. rEhe hoops D D are held in place by being fastened to the heads C C, or top and bottom t boards applied to the top and bottom of the can. These heads C C are'connected together by a rod, E, which runs through the can and through the heads. Washers or buttons e, placed outside of the heads on the rod, serve to secure said heads on the rod.

F is a nozzle, and Gr is a hail. The latter may be secured either to the top head or to the can itself', as preferred.

Sometimes I dispense with the hoops D, especially where I employ horizontal bands for the jacket in several sections, and in such case I make the heads large enough to set over the can, so as to act as a top and bottom detainer for the hoops. I sometimes use more than one connecting-rod, depending upon the shape' and size of the can.

The nails shown in the drawings secure the top and bottom hoops to the heads. p

1. The means for holding the exterior covering or jacket. on the can, consist-in g of a rod or rods passing through the can, in combination with the can and the exterior covering.

2. The combination, with a can, of a protecting-cover consisting ot' heads C C, one of which is secured to the top and the other to the bottom ofthe can,'hoops D D, secured one to each head, and a jacket, B, held in place by the hoops, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD M. CRANDAL.

Witnesses:

EDW. S. EvAE'rs, H. M. MUNDAY. 

